Bill Cosby Ousts Legal Team Ahead of Sex Assault Sentencing
Bill Cosby has ousted the high-powered defense team whose aggressive tactics failed to sway jurors from convicting him of sexual assault in April.
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First Circuit Orders AIG to Cover Cosby Defense
AIG Insurance must defend disgraced comedian Bill Cosby against defamation claims from nine of his accusers, the First Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreOscar Ousts Cosby
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sponsor of the Oscar awards, voted this week to oust Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski as members.
Read moreBill Cosby Found Guilty in Sexual Assault Retrial
Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. The spectacular downfall of the once-beloved comedian came after just one-and-a-half days of jury deliberations.
Read moreCosby Jury Begins Deliberations After Explosive Arguments
On the eve of deliberations Wednesday, the jury in the Bill Cosby sexual-assault trial heard a prosecutor call out the comedian for smirking about the allegations.
Read moreBill Cosby Faces Closing Arguments in Assault Retrial
As the retrial of comedian Bill Cosby on sexual assault claims heads into closing arguments Tuesday, attorneys will fight for a more definitive verdict than last year’s hung jury.
Read moreFormer Colleague of Cosby Accuser Describes Set-Up Plot
Calling the sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby a sham, the defense’s star witness testified Wednesday that the comedian’s chief accuser confided in her years ago about planning to frame a celebrity.
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Andrea Constand Keeps Cosby Assault Claims on Track at Retrial
Denying that money has motivated her testimony against Bill Cosby, the 80-year-old’s chief accuser told jurors Friday there is one reason why she she speaks out. “For justice,” said Andrea Constand.
Read moreJanice Dickinson Takes on Cosby at Assault Retrial
Television personality Janice Dickinson helped Pennsylvania prosecutors on Thursday build their case that Bill Cosby’s assault of Andrea Constand fits the comedian’s decades-long history as a sexual predator.
Read moreCosby Faces Tearful, Explosive Testimony on ’80s Encounters
Two women whose assault claims against Bill Cosby are too old to prosecute took the stand Wednesday to testify that the comedian was drugging and abusing victims decades before he did the same to Andrea Constand.
Read moreCosby Defense Focuses on Accuser’s $3.4M Payout
Focusing on the revelations that Bill Cosby paid Andrea Constand $3.4 million settle civil rape claims, the comedian’s defense attorney pushed the narrative in his opening statement Tuesday that Constand is a con artist.
Read moreCosby Retrial Kicks Off With Arrest of Topless Protester
Before opening statements in the retrial of Bill Cosby on Monday, police arrested a topless protester who jumped a barricade and ran toward the 80-year-old comedian.
Read moreJury Set, Evidence on Ex-DA Excluded in Cosby Trial
With Bill Cosby’s retrial set to kick off next week, a judge ruled Friday that the newly seated jury will not hear evidence about the former district attorney who refused to prosecute the same case in 2005.
Read moreCritical Evidence About Cosby Accuser Admitted for Retrial
A woman who says Bill Cosby’s sexual assault accuser confided in her about a plan to fabricate such allegations can testify at the comedian’s retrial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreQuaalude Evidence May Not Feature in Cosby Retrial
Hinting that he would exclude Bill Cosby’s sworn statements about giving quaaludes to women before sex, a federal judge said Friday he won’t rule on the issue until it comes up at trial.
Read moreDenying Bias, Cosby Judge Shuts Down Recusal Bid
Visibly emotional as he delivered his ruling, the judge overseeing Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault prosecution refused to step aside Thursday based on bias claims over his wife’s work.
Read moreFormer Model’s Lawsuit Against Cosby Will Proceed
A defamation lawsuit filed by model Janice Dickinson against Bill Cosby can proceed after the California Supreme Court declined to review his appeal on Thursday.
Read morePA Court Gears Up for April 2 Cosby Retrial
On track to kick off Bill Cosby’s retrial next month, prosecutors pushed a Pennsylvania judge Tuesday to let them admit testimony from 19 women who say the 80-year-old comedian drugged and assaulted them.
Read moreCosby Judge Won’t Toss Sexual Assault Charges
A state circuit court judge on Monday denied requests from Bill Cosby’s lawyers to throw out his sexual assault case. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill said he’d leave it for the jury to decide whether the case falls outside the statute of limitations, as the lawyers had argued.
Read moreSex-Assault Accusers Turn to Defamation Lawsuits in #MeToo Era
As more women come forward claiming to be victims of sexual abuse, many face an obstacle for seeking legal recourse: Too much time has passed for them to file a civil assault lawsuit. But some have sought a measure of justice by bringing defamation complaints against their alleged attackers.
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